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# Participating in a DAO

Participating in the governance of an Agora DAO starts with a user creating a [Stake](/dao-fundamentals/agora-overview.md#stakes) for that DAO.

The number of Governance Tokens held in a user's Stake will be compared to the User Participation Thresholds stored in the [Governor Contract ](/dao-fundamentals/agora-overview.md#governor-contract)of the DAO.

Once a Stake is [created](/clarity-v1/participating-in-a-dao/staking/creating-and-editing-stakes.md), it can be used to [create](/clarity-v1/participating-in-a-dao/creating-a-proposal.md) and [vote](/clarity-v1/participating-in-a-dao/voting-on-a-proposal.md) on [Proposals](/dao-fundamentals/agora-overview.md#proposals) on-chain. This section describes how a DAO member can participate in governance actions and more using Clarity.